The OPPO UDP-205 is a universal disc player specifically designed for audio performance, providing reference level sound quality for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and many other digital audio and video formats.  I love it, my review is here of the UDP-205 as a CD player and streamer.

The latest firmware update confirms the audiophile credentials of this  UDP-205  and adds MQA decoding to the UDP-205’s digital audio file playback. When a user navigates through music files using the UDP-205’s “Music” app, the player will be able to identify and decode files encoded with MQA. Listeners can enjoy the full benefit of MQA-encoded music with studio-quality sound.

This firmware update is OPPO’s first step in supporting MQA.  OPPO is continuing the work on MQA-CD support, as well as adding MQA decoding for the USB DAC and coaxial/optical inputs.  Hopefully it will arrive for the Sonica DAC too.

The following was added by MQA Founder & CTO, Bob Stuart, “We are proud to be partners of OPPO and extremely happy that MQA’s technology has been incorporated into the UDP-205 universal disc player. This is just the start of our cooperation and we’re looking forward to enabling more features on more models across the OPPO range in the future.”

Existing UDP-205 owners can update their players directly using the online firmware update feature if the player is connected to the Internet. The firmware is also available for downloading at OPPO Digital’s website. New users can purchase the UDP-205 directly at oppodigital.com and from speciality retailers and custom installers.

Here’s the link to the 205 internet upgrade procedure.

I’ll update my 205 and comment below on the update.